Noromo = No Romance.

It is, I think, a term that originated in X Files fandom. You had the M/S shippers, and the noromo camp.

I'm sorry you're sick, but if you have anti-shipping cooties, I worry they can be transmitted by keyboard.

I called my pharmacy, and they are delivering my prescriptions, because they (like you) are awesome. So your evening is free!

Yay! You get your drugs and I get to go drink. A story with a happy ending, buffista-style.

How lovely if the right-wingers were all taken bodily up into the heaven that they deserve. Then we could get back to work.

The groom's sister is pissed off with the restrictions on her dress. I've just seen a picture. It looks good! She's having it shortened from floor-length to mid thigh. We are such...I don't know why anyone marries into our family and invites us to the events.

Some sort of barrier a man could put over his junk

They had an argument against that too, I had to go back to the video to find it. There's a guy sitting on a car, I'll name him "Sparky", who explains. Sparky notes that condoms encourage men to just use women with no repercussions. Sparky goes on to explain that if you want to have sex with a woman you need to be prepared for the consequences and that's children. I don't think Sparky's worldview can conceive (excuse the pun)of a woman wanting to have sex with condom-having guy or being condom-having gal.

We are such...I don't know why anyone marries into our family and invites us to the events.

You all are entertaining?

Noromo = No Romance.

Ahaha. Gotcha. I wouldn't wish that on you, no way.

Yay! You get your drugs and I get to go drink. A story with a happy ending, buffista-style.

Truly.

WHAT. THE. SHIT. I'm leaving the asscaps in this time. T. just called, and the second half of his consulting gig got canceled, so we're not going to Orange County after all. We're flying back to Portland Tuesday evening.

I'm laughing. Expect this to change eight more times.

You all are entertaining?

We are not a group of people to be left unsupervised around strict religion of any stripe. I just hope that it doesn't end in the tears of anyone actually getting married. Everyone else is collateral damage.

HA. Oh ita, I'd love to go to the wedding with you.

Okay, Amyth, it will all work out.

Sparky notes that condoms encourage men to just use women with no repercussions...I don't think Sparky's worldview can conceive (excuse the pun)of a woman wanting to have sex with condom-having guy or being condom-having gal.

It shouldn't be surprising, but it does kind of amaze me that the wingnut anti-contraception people are so completely against women having any kind of agency. You can't control your body with contraception, and it's not even fathomable that you might be the person who wants to use men with no repercussions. (Or, possibly, instead of "use men," how about just have sex with no repercussions that aren't desired by both partners? And the same goes for men -- WTF is wrong with men wanting to have sex without repercussions that weren't wanted and/or pre-planned? Man!)

Basically, their attitude seems to be that sex is dirty and bad, and anyone having it should be punished. It's interesting, though, that "punishment" = "having a child." I mean, is that *really* the message they want to send about their view of children? They don't want women to not have access to contraception because having a child is a beautiful glorious thing; "punishment" /= "beautiful glorious thing."